Posted on 06/22/2020 11:13:25 PM PDT by knighthawk
The Labor Department on Friday reported jobless rates in May for the 50 states, and the news is the greater than usual variation. Some state economies are recovering much faster than others, and the worst performing tend to be those that have imposed the most severe lockdowns.
The national jobless rate was 13.3 percent in May, but 10 states still have unemployment rates above 15 percent. From highest down, they are: Nevada (25.3 percent), Hawaii (22.6 percent), Michigan (21.2 percent), California, Rhode Island and Massachusetts (16.3 percent), Delaware (15.8 percent), Illinois and New Jersey (15.2 percent), and Washington state (15.1 percent).
The Nevada and Hawaii economies rely heavily on tourism that has been walloped by the pandemic. But all of these 10 states have had some of the strictest lockdowns. The Michigan rate is especially striking compared to the lower rates in Wisconsin (12 percent) and Indiana (12.3 percent, down from 17.5 percent in a month). New York, the state hit hardest by the virus, had a jobless rate of 14.5 percent in May, down somewhat from 15.3 percent a month earlier.
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Just now figuring this out? Hello?
This is news?
A baby could have seen that.
Democrats out of work. We can’t have that.
l8r
Unfortunately come election time the Dems who voted for the Dem governor who served up a heaping plate of unemployment for
them will blame the President because stupidity can be a permanent affliction in the case of some people.
Aren’t lockdowns in an area motivated by the seriousness of the corona virus problem in the area?
And lockdowns are going to increase unemployment.
I see a circular argument here.
The lockdowns have slowed tourism. States with great dependence on tourism are suffering. Wow, thanks for pointing out that subtle relationship.
No.
For most of last month VA had only 2 deaths outside of nursing homes or prisons. Two! Yet it had one of the strictest lockdowns. The lockdowns are political in nature.
“Aren’t lockdowns in an area motivated by the seriousness of the corona virus problem in the area? No”
Hmm. You mean politics might be involved?
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